Just a reminder that tonight is our February meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Although the meeting begins at 7:30, please note that the Reading of the List will be reordered to take place at 7:15, prior to the regular business meeting, to safeguard the speakers' time while retaining this long-standing tradition during the more "social" and interactive time ahead of the business meeting. Ken Rosenberg, Diane Morton & Ken Kemphues will present, "A Birding Tour of Morocco". The three of them, along with seven other participants, experienced a memorable birding tour of Morocco last spring. Their exploration went from the city of Marrakech to the High Atlas Mountains, Middle Atlas, plains, Sahara Desert, and the Atlantic coast, each area with birds specialized to their unique habitats. In addition to North African endemic species such as the Northern Bald Ibis, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, and Cream-colored Courser, they found migrant songbirds, over a dozen species of larks, and several delightful Sandgrouse species. Come join us as they share their experience in this beautiful country — birds, vibrant culture, and varied landscapes. About the speakers: Ken Rosenberg is a lifelong birder and attended Cornell University as an undergraduate. After receiving his PhD from Louisiana State University, he returned to Cornell. He has recently retired from his joint position as an Senior Scientist with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy, where his focus was on the conservation status and distribution of bird populations, particularly migratory birds. He is the lead author of the 2019 paper published in Science with the staggering report that nearly 3 billion North American birds have been lost since 1970.Ken Kemphues and Diane Morton are active members of the Cayuga Bird Club; Ken is the Cayuga Bird Club’s treasurer and Diane is a past president and current director of the club. They are both retired from Cornell’s Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics where Ken was a Professor and Diane a Senior Research Associate. They met as post-docs while at the University of Colorado, and have been married for 38 years. They both enjoy leading bird club field trips and traveling to see birds. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. In-person meetings at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation which ends by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later, or via a Zoom meeting. --
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